The King's Post: Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present timeTombs, Robert Charles
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The King's Post: Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time
Tombs, Robert Charles
Postal service -- England -- Bristol
Post, Queen Elizabeth's, 17
" Running, 3
" The Foot, 1-2
" Thorough, 2
Pratt, J.J., 40
Prideaux, Master of Posts, 3
Primitive Post Office, 151
Prince and Princess of Wales, 160, 162
Prudent Man's Fund Receipt Note, 231
Quaint Addresses, 223, 224
Randolph, Master of Posts, 18
Ralph Allen, Cross Posts, 21
Redland Post Office, 170
Red Rover Coach, 105
Regent Coach, 68
Registered Letters Stolen, 133
Rennison, Sarah, Stokes Croft Baths, 113
Roads, 21, 23
Robertson, George, Painter, 51
Rocket, Holyhead Coach, 68
Romans, The, 67
Rose Inn, Birmingham, 66
Royal Livery, Coachman and Guard wear, 35
Rummer Tavern, Bristol, 31
Running Post, 3
Salisbury Mail, Late, 38
" Postboy Robbed, 80
Saltford Turnpike, 115
Savage, the foot post, 1
Severn, Ice Shoals, 85
Shamrock, London Coach, 69
"Ship Letters", 153, 167, 168
Shuter, Chris., Councillor, 187
Small Street, Bristol, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 102, 175, 176, 177,
189, 194
Southampton Coach, 65, 67
" Coach and Horses Inn, 66
Sovereign Coach, 72
Sports, P.O., 218
Sproule, Verger, 93
St. Albans, Duchess of, 96
St. Giles' Gate, 175
St. Leonard's Lane, 15, 193
St. Martin's-le-Grand, 37
St. Michael's Hill Turnpike, 117
St. Werburgh, Parish of, 11, 15, 193
Stage Coaches, 22, 24, 25
Stanley, Lord, _Frontispiece_
" in Africa, 173
" of Alderley, 10
Statistics--Bristol P.O., 163
Stealing Letters, Capital Offence, 121
Stokes Croft Turnpike, 114
Stop Gate, Horfield, 117
Streamer, Richard, 1680, 178
Stretch, Matthew, Bush Inn, 98
Swan Inn, 31, 66
Swan with Two Necks Inn, London, 31
Symons, Thomas, 42
Teig or Teague, Anabaptist Postmaster, in peril, 4, 5, 6, 7
Telegraphs, Lifeboats, and Gales, 159
Telephones, Trunk P.O., 195, 196, 197
Thatched Post Office, 152
Thornbury, Fifth Clause Post, 154
Thorough Post, 2
Three Tuns, Bath, 31, 41
Terrill, Mr., letter of, 1671, 7
Tewkesbury, 71
Time Bill, Old Portsmouth, 82
Tipsy M.P., 91
Todd, Anthony, 30, 35, 36, 38, 128
Tokens, Mail Coach, 51
Toll Gates, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
Townsend, John--Charles, Bush Inn, 98
Tracks Unenclosed, 2
Traveller, Exeter Coach, 70
Turner, Mail Coachman, killed, 87
Turnpike Trusts, 110, 111, 112
Turpin and Langdon, Book Binders, 11
Tyndale, William, 152
Tyson, Mayor, 1660, 6
Uniform, Royal, introduced, 31
Union Post Coach, 63, 64
Value of Tolls, 114
Vidler, Mr., Mail Contractor, 54, 55
Waggons, Quaint, 25
Water Works Company, Bristol, 12
Water Works Premises, 177, 190
Weaver, Hon. John, 4
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